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Constance allowed herself to breath only after completely convinced that the Vokurians were at least someone satisfied with her answer. She wondered if her nerves would ever calm around these people and doubted very seriously that they ever would. She wanted to be right, wanted their approval more than she even realized yet. For many reasons. One being the blonde man standing next to her but it was something more than that. Back in Narconia, Constance had tried to offer her opinions and advice to the elders, begged for change from the Protectors, more so in earlier years during the increase in spunk in her late teens. Eventually though, after time and time of being ignored, told to keep quite and blatantly told that a woman's, a girl's especially, was not needed, a part of her gave up. Of course she still tried to show her worth to her father and the Protectors, but somewhere along the way her voice was lost concerning the issues of her people.

Thus is was enough to nearly put her in a state of shock and disbelief, when among this entirely different race, her words and ideas actually seemed to be noted and taken into consideration. So much so, that she completely missed Rohaan's ghost of a smile. Her wide, alert eyes continued to dance around the meeting, flickering from Vokuiran to Vokurian, male and female all voicing their concerns, the pros and cons of taking the journey. In the end it was decided. They shall move and in two trips it was aimed to be finished with everyone, injured and not safely into the mountains. And herself and Rohaan were going too it would seem.

When the elder woman, Ra'oi'ah, finished up, Constance waited a few moments to stand and face Rohaan as he spoke. With the new status of their journey having been mapped out, she seemed to have more to occupy her thoughts at the moment then just wrap their-selves around him. Still his smile was contagious and she couldn't fight matching it, easing her prior tension in the slightest as she met his eyes. Before she could respond to his comment, the elder woman spoke up as she drew close to only them. Constance jerked her gaze to the woman then looked slightly away, remembering she wasn't supposed to make direct eye contact.

The human was sent right back into the state of shock that never seemed to fully leave her nervous system ever since she arrived in the village. Even her face flushed and heated as the woman spoke. "You're welcome... I was just being honest." What shocked her most, Ra'oi'ah then actually laid her palm on Constance's forehead. She froze instantly, completely unsure of how to react so went with being completely still. Not knowing what to say or do, she was left blinking after the older woman spoke and shuffled away.

It was up to Rohaan to pull her from the momentary paralysis, easily done as he spoke to her. Green eyes darted to meet blue, she was never afraid to meet his eyes, in fact she found she adored the very act. After a moment's searching, she found her voice.

"Sh-she named me?" states softly then looks to the side in thought as she repeated the name as Rohaan explained their meanings, "Avi'vokae Akavi Avi..." Tasting the new words on her lips, she looked back up to Rohaan with innocent questioning, "Is that... a pretty name?" Of course it was a girlish thing to ask, but she was still stunned from the entire ordeal to be poised at the moment.